Separable button.



PATENTED JULY 21, 1903..v

W. M. H. JOGKIN.

SBPARABLB BUTTON.

. APPLICATION FILED MAR. 17, 1903.

N0 MODEL.

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PATENT ()FFICE.

WVILLIAM MARY HUBERT J OOK IN, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

SEPARABLE BUTTON.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 734,334, dated July 21,1903.

Application filed March 17, 1903.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that LWILLIAM MARY HUBERr JOCKIN, a citizen of the UnitedStates, resid ing at New York, in the county of New York newand usefulImprovements in Separable Buttons; and I do declare the following to bea full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as willenable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and usethe same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to theletters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of thisspecification.

My invention relates to separable buttons, and belongs to that class ofcollar, cuff, and

vided at one end with a relatively large head and at the other end witha relatively small head that can be easily passed through, for

collar. Such buttons are further supplied with locking-plates anddevices to secure the small head and shank against repassing through thebuttonhole until unlocked; and the object of my invention is theproduction of a special locking-plate furnished with a lever-look ofparticular construction.

I accomplish the object stated by means of the parts and theirassociation illustrated in Figure 1 represents a bottom'view of thelocking-plate and lever with the lever closed beneath the smaller headof the shank. Fig. 2 is a vertical mid-sectional view of the-parts whenlocked together- Fig. 3 is abottom plan view of the locking-plate withthe lever open. Fig. 4 is a side View of the shank and heads, and Fig. 5is a plan View of a plate sometimes used and which may be permanentlysewed to a necktie or other garment.

Like letters refer to likeparts in the several views.

Considering the drawings, letter A marks the shank, and B the majorhead, and O the minor head.

LetterD designates the locking-plate,which is provided with akeyhole-slot E, extending from the center of the plate toward the edge.

Serial No. 148,241. (No model.)

Pivoted to the locking-plate is the curved lever F, which has a hollowprotuberance G,

formed by pressing the metal outwardly durtuberance across the narrowerpart of the keyhole-slot and against the shank next the small head,which is eifectuallylo'ckedin position. Furthermore, the lever F iselastic, and this quality holds the parts in their locked engagement asstrongly as is necessary for the purpose.

To release the lock and separate the button, the end of the lever israised against its elasticity until the protuberance is clear of theslot and then turned away from the slot. The shank can now be removedfrom the lockingplate.

The modified plate J (shown in Fig. 5) is furnished with orifices K, bymeans of which the broad end of the plate can be stitched to a necktie,for instance, and the round tip of the plate is unattached in order thatit may be raised and the finger passed behind it to operate the lever.

I am aware that separable buttons have been made havingspring-controlled levers movable into engagement with a recessed shankor the like, and I do not claim such mechanism, broadly.

What I claim, and desire 'to secure by Let- I ters Patent of the UnitedStates, is-- In a separable button, the combination of the shankprovided with relatively'larger and smaller heads, the said smaller headforming a shoulder with the shank, a lock-plate having akeyhole-slot,the larger end of the slot admitting the smaller head of the shank andthe narrower portion of the slot adapted to engage the said shoulder, anelastic lever pivoted to the said plate and adapted to be moved over thesaid slot and against the shank, the said lever being provided with ahollow protuberance on its side next to said lock-plate which enters thesaid keyhole-slot when the lever is closed and wherein it is held by theelasticity of the lever thereby locking the lever in its closedposition, the edge of said protuberance passing beneath the smallerhead, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

WILLIAM MARY lIUBER'l JOOKIN. \Vitnesses:

JOHN P. BYRNE, HORATIO S. MOAT.

